
In 1895, in a small town ravaged by the Mexican Revolution, the revolutionary leader Aguila and his men massacre the town's locals and the military garrison soldiers.Ten years later Aguila,now a reformed priest, sees a newly-arrived woman who is looking for those responsible for murdering her husband. The town is run by the corrupt Don Carlos who promises to help Alvira find those who killed her husband,in return for the gold reward Alvira is offering. Don Carlos has no idea ... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1895, in a small town ravaged by the Mexican Revolution, the revolutionary leader Aguila and his men massacre the town's locals and the military garrison soldiers.Ten years later Aguila,now a reformed priest, sees a newly-arrived woman who is looking for those responsible for murdering her husband. The town is run by the corrupt Don Carlos who promises to help Alvira find those who killed her husband,in return for the gold reward Alvira is offering. Don Carlos has no idea where Aguila is or what Aguila looks like but he's prepared to do anything in order to collect the gold reward offered by Alvira. Everything is complicated by the sudden arrival of the Mexican Army led by a brutal Colonel whose face looks very familiar to the town priest.
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| User Reviewdavid tit was like hell yet in a sweet way weird |
| User ReviewDaniel APrimitive, and beautiful. A movie so gritty that you will be spitting the taste of dirt out of your mouth for hours afterwards with a strange and uncontrollable hankering for a stogy and a bourbon.So Telly Savalas was pretty much the perfect actor for these type of films. C-rated 70's westerns. Of all of his roles, the most memorable for me is where he portrays Pancho Villa.Interesting Telly Savalas fact: Savalas started out as an executive director and then senior director of the news special events at ABC. He then became an executive producer for the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports where he gave Howard Cosell his first job. Verrrrry interesting. Would we not have been delivered Howard Cosell if it had not been for Savalas?? sidenote: (He also portrayed Pontus Pilote in "The Greatest Story Ever Told")Alright, here is a fair warning for anyone getting ready to delve into this realm of Western cinema. This filmwork is so primitive, you might find yourself ready to freak out, and gouge your eardrums out of your skull on account of the incredibly shoddy camerawork along with unbelievably terrible sound.Now that all of the negatives are out in the open, let's explore what is to love about this film. Again, the grit, and grime is something to really appreciate. Clearly, a lot of alcohol was consumed in the making of this film. Also, the location of the filming is amazing. An old Mexican village, out in the desert. A story of revenge, and deceit, and a gang of ruthless murderers and criminals. Dig your spurs in, and let the dust settle into your boots. Let your esophagus fill with dirt. Light up a cigar, and pour another whiskey. Piano man, play me a waltz... and find me a decent wench! |
| User ReviewBrad GCool Spaghetti Western with an odd cast...Robert Shaw, Martin Landau, and Telly Savalas. |
| User ReviewBruce BThis is wannabe spaghetti western, My Copy came from the Wild West Box Volume 2, The film quality was at best poor, Stella Stevens plays the widow looking for her husbands killer. 10 years before in this town a priest and a group of Christian followers were massacred one of which was Stella's husband. Telly Savalas plays a sleazy Mexican dude who is the leader of the group. So what we have is 90 minutes of lets find out who done it, but we knew 5 min into the movie, so we have fighting shootouts and in the end good fine killing. Nothing more then 2 stars. |
| User ReviewBetty SA revolving door of characters searching for a revolutionary named Aguila that no one seems to know plagues this convoluded western. |
| User ReviewShawn WPlagued by a revolving door of characters searching for a revolutionary named Aguila that no one seems to know. |
| User ReviewPaul DSometimes incoherent western with everyone looking for revolutionary named Aguila. One may think someone so in demand would be easier to locate. Not helped by Interglobal Video print not formatted to fit my tv screen. |
| User ReviewMahir Tthe film should be called hell. it goes nowhere for at least an hour! |